习 (xí): (bound form) to practice, to study, habit, custom
习 (xí) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) to practice.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 冫 (structural). It ranks #676 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- (bound form) to practice
- to study
- habit
- custom
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 习
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 学习verb | xué xí | to learn | 1 |
| 习惯verb/noun | xí guàn | habit | 3 |
| 练习verb/noun | liàn xí | to practice | 3 |
| 实习verb | shí xí | to practice | 5 |
| 复习verb | fù xí | to review | 3 |
| 习俗noun | xí sú | custom | 6 |
| 补习verb | bǔ xí | to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor | 6 |
| 自习verb | zì xí | to study outside of class time (reviewing one's lessons) | 4 |
| 预习verb | yù xí | to prepare a lesson | 4 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 实习生noun | shí xí shēng | intern (esp. a student in practical training) |
| 演习verb | yǎn xí | (military, firefighting etc) (verb and noun) drill |
| 习以为常phrase | xí yǐ wéi cháng | accustomed to |
| 恶习noun | è xí | bad habit |
| 练习场 | liàn xí chǎng | driving range (golf) |
| 补习班noun | bǔ xí bān | cram class |
| 见习verb | jiàn xí | to learn on the job |
| 习惯性adjective | xí guàn xìng | customary |
| 温习verb | wēn xí | to review (a lesson etc) |
| 习性noun | xí xìng | character acquired through long habit |
| 研习verb | yán xí | research and study |
| 习武verb | xí wǔ | to practice martial arts |
| 陋习noun | lòu xí | corrupt practice |
| 习作noun | xí zuò | (writing, drawing, calligraphy etc) to apply oneself to producing practice pieces |
| 旧习noun | jiù xí | old habit |
习 appears in 82 compound words: 35 as the first character, 39 as the last, and 26 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 习 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
Example Sentences
这道菜又香又辣，非常下饭。
Zhè dào cài yòu xiāng yòu là, fēicháng xià fàn.
This dish is both fragrant and spicy, very appetizing with rice.
男生小便完甩一下是文化习惯还是生理现象?全球男性普遍如此吗
nán shēng xiǎo biàn wán shuǎi yī xià shì wén huà xí guàn hái shì shēng lǐ xiàn xiàng ? quán qiú nán xìng pǔ biàn rú cǐ ma
Is it a cultural habit or a physiological phenomenon for boys to urinate? Is this common among men around the world?
川普关税被判违法...南华早报:3月川习会 华府筹码更少了
chuān pǔ guān shuì bèi pàn wéi fǎ . . . nán huá zǎo bào : 3 yuè chuān xí huì huá fǔ chóu mǎ gēng shǎo le
Trump tariffs found illegal... South China Morning Post: The Sichuan-Xi meeting in March Washington has fewer chips
WBC练习赛张峻玮对韩职投2局 飙速155公里
W B C liàn xí sài zhāng jùn 玮 duì hán zhí tóu 2 jú biāo sù 1 5 5 gōng lǐ
WBC practice match Zhang Junwei pitched 2 innings against South Korea and soared 155 kilometers
台湾练习赛输韩职5分 2正选投手仅1责失
tái wān liàn xí sài shū hán zhí 5 fēn 2 zhèng xuǎn tóu shǒu jǐn 1 zé shī
Taiwan lost 5 points to the Korean professional league in the practice game, and 2 regular pitchers only 1 error
学习规划建议每日问答丨构建智能化军事体系
xué xí guī huá jiàn yì měi rì wèn dā 丨 gòu jiàn zhì néng huā jūn shì tī xì
Study Planning Advice Daily Q&A丨Building an Intelligent Military System
你开始学习英语了吗？
Nǐ kāishǐ xuéxí Yīngyǔ le ma?
Have you begun studying English?
你开着电视怎么能安心学习呢？
Nǐ kāi zhe diànshì zěnme néng ānxīn xuéxí ne?
With the T.V. on, how can you keep your mind on your studies?
咱们一起去图书馆学习，你觉得怎么样？
Zánmen yìqǐ qù túshūguǎn xuéxí, nǐ juéde zěnmeyàng?
How about we go to the library together to study?
你可以和我一起练习日语吗？
Nǐ kěyǐ hé wǒ yīqǐ liànxí Rìyǔ ma?
Can you practice Japanese with me?
Character Family
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